03-28-2011, 02:48 AM
in the state i am in , and every other state , it is illegal to offer any resemblance of land surveying to the public without a professional license , usually under the same board as engineers, sometimes architects. look up your board online for your state. it will say "engineers and land surveyors".
Land surveyors are licensed professionals overseen by the state board where they are licensed. Its not a society, or a realtors board, its a board with an attorney general or district attorney assigned to prosecute any surveyor or person offering to survey that does not follow minimum standards of that state. or, trys to operate without a license or run a business without a certificate of authorization.
anyone that depends on a civilian to locate their pins and then accepts that as a corner is out of their mind! if it is set by a surveyor and has been pointed out to you, then ,of course, you can walk out to it and say "there it is". anyone can dig a pin up, but only a surveyor can set it. each pin MUST have an identifying cap on it from the surveyor that set it. if a pin is set without a cap, it is not legal.
yes, "illegal" and "not legal" are different. a pin set by a civilian is not legal. to offer to engage or practice the profession of land surveying without a license, is illegal.
Land surveyors are licensed professionals overseen by the state board where they are licensed. Its not a society, or a realtors board, its a board with an attorney general or district attorney assigned to prosecute any surveyor or person offering to survey that does not follow minimum standards of that state. or, trys to operate without a license or run a business without a certificate of authorization.
anyone that depends on a civilian to locate their pins and then accepts that as a corner is out of their mind! if it is set by a surveyor and has been pointed out to you, then ,of course, you can walk out to it and say "there it is". anyone can dig a pin up, but only a surveyor can set it. each pin MUST have an identifying cap on it from the surveyor that set it. if a pin is set without a cap, it is not legal.
yes, "illegal" and "not legal" are different. a pin set by a civilian is not legal. to offer to engage or practice the profession of land surveying without a license, is illegal.